Gero was charged with illegal taking of black bear and was scheduled to appear in Superior Court on Oct. 9, officials say.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black bears in a file photo. More than 60 black bear home entries have been reported in Connecticut so far in 2026, according to ...

Community members across the state are on the lookout for black bears, as the weather warms up and the animals come out of hibernation.

The candidates for CT governor both support measures to allow hunting of black bears, a controversial solution to rising bear ...

As it would for the typical U.S. Census taker, the work of counting bears in the woods starts with a clipboard and a blank piece of paper. Armed with this equipment — along with bear spray and, ...

Connecticut doesn’t have a black bear problem. It has a problem with the way the media portrays bears. CT’s black bears need a PR professional. Because if they had one, the media wouldn’t have gotten ...

Additionally, 10,359 bear sightings have been reported to DEEP so far this year, according to the organization's Wildlife ...